Harvard Kennedy School
The Legacy of Reykjavik and the Future of U.S.–Russia Nuclear Relations
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On 11 12 October 1986, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, hoping to achieve a groundbreaking agreement on controlling the world’s most dangerous weapons. While the summit yielded no agreement, it set in motion arms control negotiations tracks, held up the promise of nuclear disarmament, and contributed to the transformation of relations between two Cold War ach adversaries. Forty years on, what lessons does Reykjavik hold for arms control, disarmament, and great power relations? To discuss the legacy of Reykjavik, Project on Managing the Atom MTA is honored to welcome Pavel Palazhchenko https://www.armscontrolnegotiationacademy.org/our team/pavel palazhchenko , former interpreter of Mikhail Gorbachev and an ambas…
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